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Evcosma critica, Meyr. 



Eucelis critica, S. I. I., p. 450, t. 39 ; Proc. Second Meeting, 



pp. 12, 42. 

 Eucosma ludicra, Meyr., B. J., XXI, 867, Exot. Micr. II, 19 



(1916). 

 Eucosma tricJiocrossa, Meyr., Exot. ]Micr. I, 563-564 ; Entl. 



Note 76, [Laspeyresia.] 



Originally described from specimens reared from larvae in spun-np 

 shoots of Cajanus indicus at Siirat. Said to occur at Poona as a minor 

 pest and in the Central Provinces on young plants. The larvse have been 

 found at Pusa boring the pods and eating the seeds of arhar (Cajanus 

 indicus) in April and May and also on the flower-buds and top-leaves. 

 Also at Coimbatore on Cajanus indicus. 



Removal of afiected top-shoots should provide control. 



Eucosma melanaula, Meyr. 



Meyr., Exot. Micr. II, 17-18 (1916). 



Bred at Coimbatore, 3rd March 1915, from a larva on green-gram 

 pods. Also reared a': Pusa, 4th March 1913, from flower of Cajanus 

 indicus ; 11th October 1907, from top-shoots of urid ; 30th June 1911, 

 from mnng pod. Since found at Pusa in numbers boring top-shoots 

 of Phaseolus aconitifolius and Florida Begger-weed and in mung flowers 

 and pods. We have also moths collected at Pusa in January-March, 

 and it is also known from the Khasi Hills. 



Probably widely distributed but hitherto mixed up with Eucosma 

 critica. 



Eucosma zelota, Meyr. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 264. 



Has been found at Abbottabad, where the larvae spin and bunch 

 together young rose leaves. A garden pest. 



Lobesia ceolopa, Meyr. 



Meyr., B. J., XVII, 976. 



This species has been bred in Ceylon from Cajanus indicus. It is 

 commonly and widely distributed in India and Burma and has been 

 reared in India from Lantana flower heads and from castor. Also recorded 

 from Reunion and Cape Colony. 



Not known as a pest. 



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